Archive - 6/9/2011

The V International art symposium «Alanika - 2011» is taking place in Vladikavkaz; it has gathered again the well-known masters of brush on the hospitable Ossetian soil. This year "Alanika" is celebrating the 5th anniversary. It has been confidently developing, including the new adherents and reacting sensitively to numerous trends of modern pop art, thus piously and carefully storing the traditions of the Alanian art, proving that Ossetia is becoming the recognized centre of culture in the south of Russia. Organizers of the symposium pursue the noble purpose: to involve as much as possible inhabitants and visitors of the Republic in the creative process. About 35 masters of painting, drawing and photo from Italy, Israel, France, Great Britain, Poland, Croatia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, the Russian cities will create on the soil of North Ossetia. Among them are the Ossetians Yury Abisalov and Robert Karkusov.

Award presentation of the South-Ossetian schoolboys – the winners of the International festival of children's art creativity «First in Space»- which passed in Moscow, has taken place at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in South Ossetia. In warm friendly atmosphere the schoolboys and their teachers have been welcomed by the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the RSO Elbrus Kargiev and the representative of the Russian Cooperation in the RSO Mikhail Stepanov. According to Elbrus Kargiev, all diplomatic workers have marked a great interest of the South-Ossetian people to processes occurring in the Russian Federation. «We feel especial interest on the part of youth that makes us glad. It is the display of high respect, love and friendship of people of South Ossetia towards people of Russia.